Improvement in corn-planters



A. WINDEG'K. CORN PLANTER.

No. 66,666. Patented D66.A 1, 1666.

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ALBERT WINDECK, OF PEORA,ILLINO1S.

Letters .Patent No. 84,666, dated December l, 1868. y

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

I The S'ohedule referred toin these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all Iwhom it may conce/rn 'Be it known that I, ALBERT VDIDECK, of the city and county of Peoria, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdesci'iption of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, combined with section ofthe seed-box and cutfo' shank, etc.

Figure 3 is a plan of plate at bottom of seed-box slide and gauge and shakin g-bar.

Figure 4 is a section of slide and planting-apparatus and shank with valve.

Figure 5 is a plan of top plate over shank, Sto.

Like letters in the figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

The frame of this machine is similar in construction and materials to other corn-plantersnow in use.

A is the seat connecting the seed-boxes.

B C, side bars of frame.

D, axle-tree.

E, forward bar, supporting rurmers G.

F, draught-pole.

H, shaking-rod.

I, cross-bar.

K, shank of runner. p

L, link connecting seed-box with lever.

N, seat-bars.

O, cross-bar for drivers feet to bear on lever.

The seed-box A and seat are of the ordinary kind in corn-planters; so are the runners G, and shank K, and the slide a. v

I attach the runners of my machine to jaws or clevises projecting from a thimble, r, fitting on to end of front bar E, and made ofcast-iron, and bolted into end of bar.

The thimble may be two inches long, by one and three-fourths inch wide, and is a part of my improvement, as is also the cnt-oli, with its two diamondponted teeth. This cut-od, d d (l I,.iigs. 2 and 3.

The slide a a is nearly square, four and one-halt` by live inches, and one-haltl inch thick, haing the usual arm a', on the outside of recess under seed-box, to which is adj usted the end of the sliding gauge b, by a slot and screw or bolt.

The usual pair of slots is cast therein, for admitting the two arms b b2 of gauge, by means of which the escapeof corn is regulated through the round hole left between ends of arms andthe circular ends of slots.

The slide, one under each seed-box, (and under bottom plate 0f same,) slides on the ribs jj, one on each side of an iron plate, R, by means of corresponding grooves cut on under side of slides.

lhe ribs run fore and aft on the sides of the plate R, parallel with runners, which plate is about one-fourth inch thick, and about three and one-half by four and one-half inches square, and lies over the upper part or mouth of shank, closing it, and secured there by projections, on each side of shank, (from the shank,) which rise into corresponding holes, c fu, in the plate nextto ribs jj. (See iig. 5.)

This plate is made a little longer than slide, so as to allow the lateral mot-ion of same upon it. It has two square openings, of the shape seen in said fig. 5, which openings are connected by a slot, for admission ofthe fork m, under slide, which moves the valve la.

These holes are an inch and a quarter long, by fiveeighthsbroad, and are to receive and discharge corn alternately into shank from the slide.

The slides under each box are moved back and forth on the ribs, and under plates a a aI a, at bottom of seed boxes, in a direction from front to rear, instead of, by the common manner of corn-planters, from side to side of machine.

They are fastened to the end of and receive motion from the shakin g-rod H, which is a wrought-iron bar, one inch by three-sixteenths of an inch,- and about four feet long. Y

An iron lever, o, having itsfulcrum in an ordinary clevis, at edge of seat A, moves the shaking-rod, the end of lever passing through a staple riveted to the rod, in the centre of same.

The lever may be seventeen inches long, so as to be convenient for a boy sitting on box or seat, and I make it either a straight one, or fork it below the fulcrum,

so as to connect with bar H in two places, s as to se' cure smooth motion of slides.

The valve lc, in the shank K, is designed for the second dropping of corn, and is not new; but I improve it by dividing it at its upper end and turning one-half, ending at fork, backwards, and the other forwards, so that the bent portion receives the corn, and conducts it to sides of shank, where it is retained on the lower detlection of valve, unt-il it is liberated by the next reciprocation of slide; so for the other hole, and both alternately.

A small fork, m, is riveted to under side of slide b, which moves the valve just described.

.The seed-box rests immediately on an'iron plate, d, which has an opening of the shape shown in iig. 3, which is a hole about two and three-tburths inches square, having a projecting tooth on each side of opening, so disposed as to cnt oli*1 but one hole in slides a a a a, below at a time.

The forward sides of this plate are bent downwards, the forward end resting on the plate y, forming a horizontal extension of upper part of the shank K, and the rear end secured by twobol ts passing through the crossbar t, behind boxes, the block-x and plate d, and said upper extension of shank. v

The' seed-boxes are elevated by the lever M, having its fulcrnm at the clevis P, on the axle-tree I), between the seat-bars.

rlhis lever M is four feet long, of wood, and about three inches wide by two inches deep, and its forward end is connectedavith the seed-boxes, or rather the bar behind, t, by means of the link L, which is about -four inches wide and tive inches from cent-re to centre, and secured, by bolts, in the opening between the iron jaws, for receiving the ends of link, one jaw on the bart and the other'on the end of lever. rlhe latter is east with a shoev or strap large enough to admit end of lever, 'and fastened thereto with bolt-s. y

A scraper or rod, with crank at each elvulrsharl'lened, lies horizontally across frame behind wheels, and is secured-in place by staples at-each side of frame. to `clear wheels from soil.

The operation of this machine is as follows: v

On driving to iield, the driver, with his feet, presses the cross-bar of lcver'L, which, by means of the link L, elevates the seed-box, to which are attached runners and shank, from the ground, until required for planting.

' The boy or man who regulates the dropping of corn sits on seat A, and works the lever o, -which gives lateral motionto t'he shaking-bar H, to the ends of which the slide al1- is attached, and which slide brings the holes in same (for corn to pass into shank) alternately from imder the diamond-shaped teeth, in the sides of iron plate d, at bottom of seed-box, (see these two different positions of-siide in g. 3,) where the two di'erent positions of holes, y and It, are indicated by blue and red dots. The amount of kernels of corn is regulated by the gauge b, which is adjusted by the screw in the slot, at its end, the screw passing through slot into the slide c c below, and is fastened beneath with a nut. This gauge is the one commonly used in machines of this kind.

The slide al al passes backwards and forwards on the ribs j j, on the plate lt, over shank, by means of corresponding grooves on its under side. I

The corn falls through tle holes on to plate j ust men- Y tioned, where itis retained until the slide makes its next movement, when the corn is brought over one of' the holes in the plate It, where it falls on to the shiftin g-valvc lr, and is thrown across to oth erv side of shank,

valve, and it falls into the ground.

gauge u, one on each side of the machine, under the 'cross-bar t, behind the seed-boxes, and are merely the usual upright sliding bars, of ironpierced with holes at intervals, and set in guides, and adjustable by means of set-screws.

The advantages of this machine are- First, that it is of simpler and cheaper construction, in proportion to goodness of work performed, the slides being not so liable to 'stick or jam, as they are guided and slide on ribs. 1

Second, the cut-off teeth being diagonally sloped from the points, present no hindrance to their passage among the corn.

Third, the curving of the upper half of valve in opposite directions increases the facility for proper dropconseqnent scatteiinff.

runners, by means of link preventing the forward motion'of boxes, in raising lever, from dragging on the lever.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to sec-,uri` by Letters Patent, is

l. The slides a (t, with forks m, for operating theI 'alves k, in combination with plates 1t, having ribs jj fitting the grooves, and gauges b, substzmtially in the manner and for the purpose as herein set forth.

2. The valves 1.', in combination with the slides a, a, when constructed and ope 'ated substantially as set forth.

3. The construction ofthe valves lf, curved straight the middle, at their upper ends, and curved outwardly pose set forth. A

4. The construct-ion of the plate d, with diamond- I.shaped teeth, for cuteoffs, in the bottom of the seedboxes, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as set forth.

As evidence that l claim the ibregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses. ALBERT WLNDECK. Witnesses:

EDWARD THURLOW. BERNARD BAILY.

The depth of planting of the seed is managed by the' ping of corn, by 1etardingits too quick descent and Fourth, the superior means of raising the shank and across at their bottom endsoutwardly, and divided in in reverse directions, substantially as and forthe pun- 

